shog

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*skokkōn“to move, shake, tremble”
2. Middle Low German · derived fromschoggen
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromschocken“to jolt, bounce”
4. Middle English · inherited fromschoggen“to shake up and down, jog”
5. English todayshog

From Middle English schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), possibly from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schucken (“to shog”); all from Proto-West Germanic *skokkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”). Doublet of shock.

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